Method of cooking lobster

Abstract

A method of cooking lobster is provided including cutting the shell of the lobster, removing and cleaning the meat of the lobster and positioning the meat atop the shell, placing the shell and meat inside a lobster pan or boat having upwardly extending sides and heating the lobster pan or boat and the lobster meat until it is cooked.

We claim: 
     
       1. A method of cooking lobster, comprising: cutting a lobster shell having lobster meat therein to facilitate removal of said lobster meat therefrom;   removing said lobster meat from said lobster shell;   positioning said lobster meat atop said lobster shell;   placing said lobster shell and said lobster meat into a cooking pan having a bottom and sides extending upward from said bottom, said bottom and sides being shaped, positioned and oriented such that when said lobster shell is positioned against said bottom of said cooking pan and said lobster meat is positioned atop said lobster shell, said lobster meat is positioned in close proximity to all of said sides of said cooking pan, and   heating said cooking pan to cause reradiation of heat from said sides of said cooking pan toward said lobster meat whereby said lobster meat is substantially evenly cooked.   
     
     
       2. The invention of claim 1, wherein a vein on said lobster meat is removed and said lobster meat is washed after being removed from said lobster hell but before being positioned atop said lobster shell. 
     
     
       3. The invention of claim 2, wherein said meat is basted with butter while said cooking pan is hot.